One of the final four militants arrested in the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon was granted a pretrial release from jail on Friday on condition that she avoid contact with any of her co-defendants, including her husband.
Sandra Anderson, 47, along with her spouse, Sean Anderson, 48; Jeff Banta, 46; and the very last holdout, David Fry, 27; surrendered peacefully to the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Feb. 11, ending a 41-day standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in remote eastern Oregon.
The four holdouts were indicted the prior week along with 12 others previously arrested, including protest leader Ammon Bundy, on charges of conspiring to impede federal officers during the occupation.
A 13th participant in the protest who acted as a spokesman for the group, Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, was shot dead during a confrontation with the FBI and state police on a snow-covered roadside on Jan. 27.
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Two questions:
- Under what authority can the “government” restrict any access to a spouse?
- Does anyone consider this country to be the land of the free?
David DeGerolamo
1. Maybe to lead them to others they seek or maybe she was in on the gig.
2. Not for a very long time. I use to live in a fantasy world when I was younger and believed that I was free. But when I was in my very early 20’s, I realized that it was all an illusion.
Where are the elected officials who are charged to defend the people form these abuses?
#2 Why I no longer say the Pledge. It’s no longer true, no longer the land of the free, and it would be, if it was the home of the brave.